1. JOHN1 SYMONDS1,2,3
was born Abt. 1595 of Norfolk, England - of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts4,5,6,
and died summer 1671. He married (1) RUTH FOX, daughter of
DANIEL FOX. He married (2) ELIZABETH10,11. She died
in summer of 167112,13,14,15,16.Symonds was one of those rare
families that did not migrate far from it's origins. Most men were
not in the professions, but were mechanics, traders, city and bank officials.
(History of Salem, Vol. III - Sydney Perley - page 392)1636; To Salem.
Lived first at northwestern corner of St. Peter and Bridge Streets, before
1652 settled where Uphan Schoolhouse stands/stood on North St. (History
of Salem, Vol. III - Sydney Perley - page 392)1637, made freeman
1/1644; First grant of land at Salem. (George Towne book)

1657; Grand jurymen.
(George Towne book)8/16/1671; Will written,
proved 9/19/1671. Inventory amounting to 342 pounds had these items;
Housing and land 230 pounds, joiner's tools, benches and 'lare' 5 pounds
5s 6d. "....I give to my loving wife Elizabeth Symonds my house,
orchard and outhousing and all my land and my bed and beding and such vessels
and household stuffe as she shall have occasion to use during her naturall
life and also Twenty pound to be paid her five pound a year by my son James
Symonds...I give to my sonne James Symonds at my wives decease my dwelling
house outhousing Orchard together with all my land... paying 40 pounds
in 4 year 10 pounds pr annum for my wife for 4 year as aforesaid, and 5
pounds per annum for 4 years unto my son Samuel and my daughter Kathren
50 shillings per annum to each of them...I give to the Children of my deceased
Daughter Ruth Swinnerton 20 pounds equally to be divided amongst them...
I give all the rest of my estate to my sonne Samuel Symonds and my daughter
Kathren Town equally to be divided between them...All my workinge tooles
belonging to my trade to my son James Simons." Sons James and Samuel
were executors. (George Towne book) Occupation: joiner

2. SAMUEL2 SYMONDS
(JOHN1)103,104,105,106
was born January 1637/38 of Rowley Village (Boxford), Essex Co.,
Massachusetts107,108,109,110,111, and died August 14, 1722
in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts - age 84y 7m112,113,114,115,116.
He married ELIZABETH ANDREWS117,118,119 April 14, 1662120,121,
daughter of ROBERT ANDREWS and GRACE. She was born Abt. 1642
of Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts122,123,124,125,126,
and died March 17, 1724/25 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts - age 83
years127,128,129. 1663; Settled Boxford. Residence
situated west of the dwelling of a property later owned by GeorgeTwitchell
where a cellar hole was visible in the late 1800's. (History of Boxford,
MA) 3/22/1690; Freeman. (History of Boxford, MA)

3. CATHERINE2 SYMONDS (JOHN1)228,229,230
Baptism: April 18, 1630, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - St. Nicholas
Church, and died Aft. 1704 of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts234,235,236,237,238.
She married ENSIGN JACOB TOWNE239,240,241
June 26, 1657 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts242,243,244,245,246,247,
son of WILLIAM TOWNE and JOANNA BLESSING.
He was born Abt. 1632 in Great Yarmouth, England248,249,250,251,252,
and died November 27, 1704 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts -
age abt 73253,254,255,256,257. See Towne page for more
information on this family.

4. JAMES2 SYMONDS (JOHN1)330,331,332,333
Baptism: May 19, 1633 of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts334,335,336,337,338,
and died 1714. He married ELIZABETH BROWNING339,340,341
November 20, 1661342,342,343,344, daughter of THOMAS BROWNING.1671; Father's will -
to provide for James step - mother; "Twenty pound to be paid her
five pound a year by my son James Symonds...I give to my sonne James Symonds
at my wives decease my dwelling house outhousing Orchard together with
all my land... paying 40 pounds in 4 year 10 pounds pr annum for my wife
for 4 year as aforesaid, and 5 pounds per annum for 4 years unto my son
Samuel and my daughter Kathren 50 shillings per annum to each of them....All
my workinge tooles belonging to my trade to my son James Simons."
Sons James and Samuel were executors. (George Towne book)An agreement made between Thomas
Towne, William (his W mark) Towne, Joseph Town and Samuel Town, all of
Topsfield, that whereas the court settled the lands of our father, Edmond
Town of Topsfield upon us, and also our mother Mrs. Mary Town hath given
to us her share of the land which belonged to our grandfather Thomas Browning,
and we have divided all the said lands amongst ourselves as is here-after
expressed (excepting only two acres and a half of medow of said Browning's
which our mother hath given by her will to our sisters); "Thomas Town hath
two twenty acre lotts in the first Division where he now dwels and about
six acres of medow joyning to his Land and to the Rever also about foure
acres of medow Lyeing betwen Beverely medows and Wenham medows which he
had of our father for Twenti and Two pounds will to him by our grandfather
Browning."William Town's share of upland
"is all that which was our fathers on the north side of the Rever where
he now dwells as also a peace of medow of about three acres hoyning eastward
on Jacob Easte and westward upon Joseph Town and also six acres of medow
on the south side of the Rever over against his dore." Joseph Town's share
is "all our fathers second devision where he now dwells it being about
fifty acres also Three acres of Rever medow joyning to Jacob Este on the
west and William Town on the east, also foure acres of medow on the south
side of the Rever joyning upon Joseph Town on the east and on John Curtice
on the west." Samuell Town's share is "all the upland and medow that
was our grandfather Brownings on the north side of the Rever In which is
included William Towns share of land and (continued on pg. 240) medow which
he and Samuell Town bought of our Unkle James Symonds, also about an acre
and halfe of Revir medow joyning to Joseph Town to the west and Jacob Town
to the east." Signed Feb. 1, 1709-10. Witness: William Porter, Jonathan
Putnam.Acknowledged Dec. 16, 1717,
by Thomas Town, Wiliam Towne, Benja. and Daniell Town sons of Joseph Towne,
and executors to their father's will. Essex County Probate File,
Docket 27, 886 pg 239 The Probate Records of Essex County

NY Times, January 14, 2000
ANTIQUES For Sale: a Chunk of History By WENDY MOONANIf you love French antiques,
you are out of luck. January is Americana month. Museum curators,
scholars and collectors fly into New York from all over the United States
for the Winter Antiques Show, the Americana sales at the auction
houses and gallery shows.The buzz this year is about
the Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Valuables Cabinet, a 16-inch-tall chest made
in Salem Village (now Danvers), Mass., in 1679. Christie's has devoted
an entire catalog to it. The chest goes on view tomorrow and is to be auctioned
next Friday. The estimate is a minimum of $500,000.The chest is a rare survivor
from the 1600's, the so-called pilgrim century -- a dangerous time when
most colonists were more worried about survival than furniture. No ordinary
piece, it is a fancy chest commissioned for a wealthy client. "Think of
it as a safe," said Philip Zea, curator of furniture at Colonial Williamsburg.
"It's definitely parlor furniture and was meant to be shown off."
Made of hand-riven oak, with cedar moldings, walnut decorations and maple
bun feet, the chest weighs 19 1/2 pounds. In style it is a full-blown expression
of its period, with applied décor on the front and carved sides.
"It's similar to chests made the same time in Hartford and Wethersfield,
Conn.," Mr. Zea said. "They also combine strapwork and applied decoration."
The geometric front seems to be Renaissance-inspired. Its door has two
ebonized columnar spindles glued on each side of an octagonal plaque. Inside
that plaque is a smaller octagon with a sunburst motif and carved
initials that stand for Joseph and Bathsheba Pope. The door hides
10 drawers, which retain their original round, hand-hammered brass
pulls. The key and one drawer are missing, and three small wood appliqués
have fallen off the front. The case, feet, hinges and lock appear to be
original. Mr. Zea said that the drawers probably held jewelry, money,
deeds and writing materials. "This is a very specialized piece,"
he said. "It would serve as a desk if placed on top of a table."
The elaborate S scrolls carved in the sides seem to have been inspired
by the Mannerist carved oak paneling produced in Norfolk, England.
The cabinet is not signed but is attributed to James Symonds (1636-1714),
a joiner in Salem whose father immigrated from Norfolk. It has been in
the same family since 1679. "The family must have revered it because it
was obviously very well taken care of," said Dean Levy, a Manhattan
antiques dealer. "It's never been cleaned or shellacked. You pay
a big premium today for something that hasn't been altered. It's not perfect,
but you'd really worry if it didn't have some problems after 321 years."
Clarence Prickett, a dealer in Yardley, Pa., said, "It's incredibly rare,
has a great look, a great provenance, and has a lot going for it."It has a great story as well.
Last year a brother and sister on Cape Cod inherited the chest from their
mother. They didn't know what it was, so they took it to an appraisal
event at a local historical society. "It caused quite a bit of excitement,"
said the brother, a builder of wooden boats, who requested anonymity.
"We knew it was very old, but we didn't know it was 17th century. By family
tradition it was always called the Franklin Chest, but nobody knew why.
All I could remember was that it sat in the entrance to my
grandmother's house when I was a boy." After a summer of research,
which involved studying the Mormon genealogy site on the Internet,
he was able to trace 13 generations of his family. "What sent chills up
my spine was when we figured out who the chest was built for," he
said. It was made to commemorate the 1679 marriage of Joseph Pope
(1650-1712) and Bathsheba Folger (1652-1726). History buffs may recall
that Mrs. Pope was one of the first witnesses at the Salem witchcraft trials
of John Proctor and Martha Corey in 1692. She was also Benjamin Franklin's
aunt. "We would never have been able to figure this out 10
years ago," the boat builder said. "I didn't even have a computer
then. Finding all this out was sheer luck and perseverance and pigheadedness."
At some point last summer he realized the value of the chest. "I told my
sister, 'We can't afford to own this,' " he said. "The insurance
alone would be too much. It belongs in a museum." They
turned to an American-furniture expert, a New Hampshire dealer, who sent
them to Christie's. Martha Willoughby and John Hays of Christie's
showed the brother two other nearly identical chests, one at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, made for the Herrick family, and the other at Winterthur
Museum in Wilmington, Del., made for the Hart family. None of the chests
are signed, but all three have been attributed to Symonds, who was related
to the Popes, the Herricks and the Harts.Part of the story is sad.
The Popes were related to the Southwicks. "I traced my ancestry to the
Southwicks, who are the founders of our line," the boat builder said. "Sarah
Southwick's daughter married my great-great-great-great-grandfather,
Thomas Buffington, and they had one of the chests." (The family's genealogy
chart is in the Christie's catalog.) The Southwicks were Quakers,
he continued. "Quakers were severely persecuted in Salem in the mid-1600's.
It's not generally known that less than 20 years after the arrival of the
Pilgrims religious persecution against the Quakers began. They were banished
from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Southwicks were probably in their
60's when they were driven out." The couple took refuge on Shelter
Island, in Long Island Sound. "They were there less than a there."
The chest had stayed with their daughter in Salem. "This chest is a snapshot
into the interconnectedness of the whole Quaker community," he said.
Mr. Hays of Christie's said he found the chest to be "a better window into
the 17th century than anything I've ever handled." "It brings together
the cabinetmakers, first-generation immigrants, the Salem witch trials
and the founders of the nation," he said.Mr. Hays displayed the chest
in October at a symposium at Christie's. Arthur Liverant, a dealer in Colchester,
Conn., who saw it there, said: "I wish I'd found it. It's fantastic. There
weren't that many people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1670's,
and there was very little stylish furniture. Few people could afford all
the extra options this chest has." Albert Sack, dean of the Manhattan's
Americana dealers, agreed. "It's really remarkable for it to have survived,"
he said. "It's very rare and in remarkable condition. It's an important
piece."But the boat builder won't miss
the chest. He's having a copy made. How many consignors do that?

From Christie's web siteRARE 17th CENTURY VALUABLES
CABINET, PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE CARD TABLE HIGHLIGHT CHRISTIE'S JANUARY
AMERICANA SALEImportant American Furniture,
Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts January 21, 2000New York, NY -A small cabinet
from 17th century Salem, Massachusetts, whose size belies its historical
importance, and an ornately carved, high-style Philadelphia card table
will highlight Christie's sale of Important American Furniture, Silver,
Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts at Rockefeller Center on January 21,
2000. The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Carved and Applied Oak Valuables Cabinet
and the Cornelius Stevenson Chippendale Carved Mahogany Card Table are
just two of the many highlights from this superlative offering of important
American Furniture and decorative arts.Edward Hicks' iconic work, Wm.
Penn's Treaty, will lead the impressive offering of American Folk Art,
and the afternoon session of important silver will be highlighted by rare
and beautiful works from Joseph Heinrich, Joseph Richardson and Tiffany
& Co.Important American Furniture.Decorated in the height of seventeenth
century fashion, bearing the initials of its original owners and descending
in the same family for over three hundred years in pristine condition,
The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Carved and Applied Oak Valuables Cabinet
(estimate on request) is an extraordinary surviving piece of American history.
It is one of only four known cabinets with similar decorative elements
to survive from 17th century Salem, two of which reside in the collection
of the Winterthur Museum, Delaware and the other in The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York. The door of this remarkable cabinet creaks open to reveal
hidden drawers and the central octagonal panel of the cabinet displays
the initials "I P B" flanked by a "7" and a "9", a reference to the original
owners of the cabinet, Joseph Pope (1650-1712) and Bathsheba Folger (1652-1726)
who were married in the year 1679.Joseph and Bathsheba Pope were
the children of immigrants who converted to the Quaker faith after their
arrival in the New World. Joseph Pope's parents attended Salem's first
Quaker meetings and joined the close-knit group of Friends who were frequently
persecuted by the Puritan theocracy in the 1650s and 1660s. Thanks to a
missive from Charles II, Joseph and Bathsheba Pope were spared from persecution
by their Puritan neighbors but they were involved in another episode of
persecution-the famous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. In this case, Joseph
and Bathsheba Pope were the accusers. Joseph testified against the accused
witch, John Procter, supporting suspicions of Procter's affinity with the
devil. Although she never formally testified, Bathsheba was a key witness
to the alleged demonic powers of several witches.Bearing its original finish,
the present cabinet has been carefully preserved and passed down in the
same family for over eleven generations. Descending in the Southwick family
in the 19th century, the cabinet could have been passed down along a number
of different lines. Interestingly, one of these lines includes James Franklin
(1697-1735), the brother of the famous statesman, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)-both
were nephews of Bathsheba Pope.

5. REBECCA3 SYMONDS
(SAMUEL2, JOHN1)353,354,355
was born May 31, 1679 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts356,357,358.
She married JACOB SMITH359,360,361,
son of ROBERT SMITH and MARY FRENCH. He was
born January 29, 1673/74 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts - or 1/26?362,362,363,364,
of Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts365,366. See Smith page for
more information on this family.

6. PHEBE3 SYMONDS
(SAMUEL2, JOHN1)405,406,407,408
was born October 02, 1682409,409,410,411,412,413. She
married JOHN FULLER417,418,419,420 June 09, 1717420.
He was of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts424,424,425,426.

Child of PHEBE SYMONDS and JOHN
FULLER is:14. i. RUTH4 FULLER.

7. JOSEPH3 SYMONDS
(SAMUEL2, JOHN1)427,428
was born May 24, 1685 in of Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts429,429,430,431.
He married MARY PEABODY432,433. Lived on old homestead, and
his descendants continued until early 1800's.

Child of JOSEPH SYMONDS and MARY
PEABODY is:15. i. JOSEPH4 SYMONDS.

12. THOMAS3 SYMONDS
(JAMES2, JOHN1)629,630
was born February 01, 1676/77 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts631,632,
and died April 25, 1758633,634. He married ELIZABETH
STONE635,636. Occupation: husbandman, joiner637,638

14. RUTH4 FULLER
(PHEBE3 SYMONDS, SAMUEL2, JOHN1)718,719,720
was
born in Middleton, Essex Co., Massachusetts721,722,723.
She married EDWARD PUTNAM727,728,729 December 03, 1734 in
Middleton, Essex Co., Massachusetts?730,731,732, son of EDWARD
PUTNAM and SARAH MILES?. He was born June 25, 1711 in Salem Village
(Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts733,734,735, and died
February 17, 1800 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts736,737,738.

35. NATHANIEL4 SYMONDS
(THOMAS3, JAMES2, JOHN1)1847,1848
was born September 01, 17231849,1850, and died 1793 in winter1851,1852.
He married October 08, 1745, JANE PHIPPS1853,1854,
daughter
of SOLOMON PHIPPS and KATHERINE ROUS of Charlestown,
MA. She was born May 10, 1721 and died November 30, 17601855,1856.
Occupation:
potter1857,1858.

Child of NATHANIEL SYMONDS and
JANE PHIPPS is:81. i. WILLIAM5 SYMONDS,
b. Abt. 1747. He m. EUNICE GARDNER on November 15, 1772 at Salem,
Essex Co., Massachusetts. She was born February 25, 1753 in Salem, Essex
Co., Massachusetts. They had WILLIAM PHIPPS SYMONDS, b. October 03, 1775
and NATHANIEL SYMONDS, b. May 23, 1780, both born Salem. (I also have
wife and children of William Phipps Symonds)

Generation No. 5

37. MARY5 PUTNAM
(RUTH4 FULLER, PHEBE3 SYMONDS, SAMUEL2, JOHN1)1908,1909,1910was
born April 22, 17501911,1912,1913, and died 1796 in Sutton,
MA1914,1915,1916. She married BARTHOLOMEW PUTNAM1917,1918,1919,
son of CORNELIUS PUTNAM and ELIZABETH NELSON. He was born April 21,
1745 in Sutton, MA1923,1924,1925, and died Bef. September
06, 18251926,1927,1928.

83. PRUDENCE6 PUTNAM
(MARY5, RUTH4 FULLER, PHEBE3 SYMONDS, SAMUEL2, JOHN1)4487,4488,4489
was born November 13, 17844490,4491,4492, and died August
21, 1808 in Sutton, MA4493,4494,4495. She married DANIEL
HATHAWAY4496,4497,4498, son of SIMEON HATHAWAY and BETSEY
WELLINGTON. He was born March 17, 1783 in Sutton, MA4502,4503,4504,
and died March 12, 1861 in Charlton, MA4505,4506,4507,4508.

177. NATHANIEL6 SYMONDS
(WILLIAM5, NATHANIEL4, THOMAS3, JAMES2, JOHN1)10025,10026
was born May 23, 178010027,10028, and died 184810029,10030.
He married ELIZABETH BAKER10030 November 17, 180510031,10032.
She was born December 11, 178610033,10034, and died 183610035,10036.

178. PHEBE7 HATHAWAY
(PRUDENCE6 PUTNAM, MARY5, RUTH4 FULLER, PHEBE3 SYMONDS, SAMUEL2, JOHN1)10037,10038,10039
was born October 24, 1807 in Sutton, MA10040,10041,10042,10043,
and died February 28, 1850 in Steubenville Ohio10044,10045,10046.
She married THOMAS JEFFERSON WARE10047,10048,10049 Abt. August
07, 1831 in Holliston, MA10050,10051,10052, son of ARCHIBALD
WARE and LAVINA HAZEN. He was born July 31, 1801 in Oakham10053,10054,10055,
and died August 06, 1852 in Steubenville, Ohio10056,10057,10058,10059.

221. HENRY C.7 SYMONDS
(NATHANIEL6, WILLIAM5, NATHANIEL4, THOMAS3, JAMES2, JOHN1)13458,13459
was born February 10, 183213460,13461, and died in
Los Gatos, California13462,13463. He married BEATRICE
BRANDRETH13464,13465.

222. HENRY8 WARE
(PHEBE7 HATHAWAY, PRUDENCE6 PUTNAM, MARY5, RUTH4 FULLER, PHEBE3 SYMONDS,
SAMUEL2, JOHN1)13470,13471,13472
was born August 20, 183413473,13474,13475, and died January
05, 188013476,13477,13478. He married (1) EMMA J. HOLBROOK13479,13480,13481
December
23, 186813482,13483,13484. She was born May 18, 184613485,13486,13487,
and died October 07, 187013488,13489,13490. He married
(2) SUSAN J. LITTLEFIELD13491,13492,13493 June 19, 187313494,13495,13496.

223. CAROLINE A.8 WARE
(PHEBE7 HATHAWAY, PRUDENCE6 PUTNAM, MARY5, RUTH4 FULLER, PHEBE3 SYMONDS,
SAMUEL2, JOHN1)13530,13531,13532
was born 1844 in Steubenville Ohio13533,13534,13535, and
died October 16, 1917 in Holliston, MA13536,13537,13538.
She married EDWIN DAY POND13539,13540,13541 March 12, 186713542,13543,13544,
son of MOSES POND and NANCY FAIRBANKS.
He was born December 22, 1835 in Medway, MA13545,13546,13547,
and died 1903 in Holliston, MA13548,13549,13550. Carrie was
a morman, and her parents died in Utah. She was sent to live with
an aunt in Holliston, MA. 1865 State Census has Carrie living with her
Aunt and Uncle, Calvin and Mary B. Claflin. (Mary Brett Ware was
the sister of Carrie's father, Thomas Jefferson Ware). Burial: Buried at
Lake Grove Cemetary; Holliston, MA. Ran a Boarding House.